Vegetable-grater



(No Model.)

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HATTIE ROGERS, on POLO, ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,487, dated' September-4, 1883. p

Application inea May 19, Issa. (No model.)

. `To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HATTIE ROGERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Polo, in

a part of this specification.

the county of Ogle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vegetable-Grraters; .and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inventionl` such'as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and shows a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are detail views of different parts. a

This invention has relation to vegetablegraters and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the receiver, having an p expanded upperportion, the 'grater-pan fitting` therein, and having a center bearing for the vertical stem of the rotating holder, the removable upper bearing for said stem,the iixedV lower head ofthe rotating holder having radial l prongs, and the adjustableupper head also horse-radish or other vegetables.` rIhe upper vessel, d, is formed with acentral bearing,.

. turned down to engage the loop-ears n of the has radial prongs, all as hereinafter set forth. In the annexed drawings, the letter a designates the lower section or receiver, which is made with an expanded upper portion, b, having `a iiange-rim, c, in which is sealed the grating pan or vessel d.

l e is the handle of the lower vessel or receiver, whereby it` is held in steady position when turning. the rotary device which carries the g, in `the bottom thereof, 'around which isa smooth portion, h, of small diameter, exterior to which the bottom of the vessel is punched to form grating-perforations, as indicated `at k.

At the top of the vessel is a removable trans-- verse bearing-bar, l, the endsm of which are grater-vessel, said ears` being diametrically `opposite to each other, as shown in the drawings. y Inithe center of the barZis made aperforation, p. H

i be grated are placed.

s indicates the central stem or shaft of the vegetable-holder, which carries near its lower end a rigidly-attached iron disk or wheel, fw, having four tor more Aradially-extended iron spikes or prongs, t,on which the vegetables to A. second iron disk, w', having also radially extended prongs t', is

placed on the stem s, above the wheel w, and

is designed to engage the upper portions of the vegetables. It is arranged loosely on the shaft, so that as the vegetables are worn away in the grating-surface 7c it can beadj usted downward. The lower end of the stem is arranged in the center bearing, g, of the grating-vessel, and its upper portion revolves in the perforation p of the bearing-bar Z, A Z indicates' a crank-arm, which "engages a square bar on the upper end of the stem s, *and isprovided with a wooden sleeve-handle, o, on itsvertical end portion, r, as shown in the drawings. l

` Having described the invention, what^I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

`1. A'vegetable-grater consistingI of the receiver-section having the expanded upper portion or bearing, the gratin g-vessel seated therein and having a center bearing, and removable transverse bearing-bar, the stem s, carrying a fixed iron disk having radial prongs, and

above it a loose adjustable pronged disk, and' having a crank-arm whereby it is operated, substantially as specified.

2." In a vegetable-grater, the combination, with a vessel having a perforated grating-bottom, of a rotating stem carrying near its lower end aflxed disk having radial prongs, and` 

